We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.

The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.

There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

A nation that forgets its past has no future.

It is necessary to grow up in maturity, firmness and courage in order to reach the goal

I swore on my knees at the altar where you held me that I would kill you. It was an oath you made me make in my own blood. And now I have returned to give you the promised blade.

Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.

Weddings and funerals are when you figure out who your real friends are.

Golf is the one game I know which becomes more and more difficult the longer one plays it.

I never set out now to get a Grammy, or get an American Music Award, but it still is nice to be recognized.

In the novel, I can change things and simplify, and make events work towards whatever meanings I'm trying to get at more efficiently.

When you're in your own body, you don't feel great about yourself. I don't think of myself that way.

I see some recurring themes: things that feel threaded together, some symbolic references, and songs about some of the big questions, like death. There are a lot of references to weather, too!

None so little enjoy themselves, and are such burdens to themselves, as those who have nothing to do. Only the active have the true relish of life.